From Breakdown to Breakthrough: Sarah McBride's Journey of Healing and Empowerment

[Music] welcome to the dead to share challenge I'm so excited to have you with us and we have got another incredible guest waiting in the wings to come onto the stage if you're new here and you're wondering what you've stumbled across this is the dad to share challenge this is where we get real we get raw we get more vulnerable than we've ever been before why so that you see the human behind the perception so that next time you're looking up at the people that you idolize that you watch and that inspire you and yet you think they've got it all figured out everything's easy for them now you realize that they navigate experience and go through exactly the same thoughts feelings and emotions as you and I they just don't normally share it until now so that being said let's welcome our amazing guest today we've got the beautiful Sarah McBride Sarah welcome hi Claire thanks for having me on so excited to have you with us and it's so nice to have a British accent I know I did watch a few of the those of Americans We Stand Out amazing I love it so before we dive in Sarah I always like to ask everyone before we get to the juicy questions what made you say yes to coming onto this challenge because for a lot of people it's a little bit too stretchy right like they love the idea of it they love watching it but to actually come on is a different question so what was it that made you say yes I am going to go and bear all for the whole world to see do you know what I'm I'm I'm actually quite an open person anyway so the there was a few reasons um embodiment so one of the things I I teach in my work is visibility and you know personal visibility being so important for our work so I thought well I've got to start becoming more visible Within Myself and I believe strongly in authenticity and you know being genuine and I remember in 2017 speaking with another coach and we were talking about he used to do marketing for big big events and big coaches and therapists and you know healing facilitators in you know in in the industry and he said to me one of the things he noticed was the lack of vulnerability he said you know and we've got to create this new wave of being more vulnerable and and share them more so I've kind of thought since then yeah just just be as honest and open as I can and you know I don't know whether you've noticed this but for me I've also noticed a rised in faith vulnerability as well so people trying to almost like connect with the audience but it's but it's a facade it's not really the fake and when I um you know obviously when I met you and then I've looked through all of your work and all of the interviews you've done so far phenomenal incredible work because it's genuine authenticity rawness and vulnerability so for me like it was a no-brainer like the alignment was like 100% there oh I love that that's so beautiful and yeah I completely agree there is a lot of this kind of fake authenticity where people think that they're being vulnerable but really it's things that they're quite happy to share and that's not really vulnerability so I absolutely love and resonate with that so let's dive in are you ready I'm ready she be ready so for you guys watching I'm going to ask Sarah a couple of on the surface very simple questions but the whole point of this is that the speakers and the guests who join me stretch their own vulnerability they go a little bit deeper than they would normally go they share a little bit more vulnerability than they would normally share so that you see their human so that we pull back the curtains and we show more vulnerability than we've ever shown before so that you realize you are not alone so with that being said the question that we're going to start with is what does being a real and a raw leader mean to you Sarah and we're not just talking about in business right we're talking about as a human an individual a woman in your own right that realness and that rawness and I think I'm intrigued to see where you go with this because I think a lot of it will tie into again that kind of fake authenticity but what does that look like in your world and what does that mean to you so for me when we lead with vulnerability and rawness we're able to communicate and connect better so you know we're obviously all social beings so communication is what I believe that you know as a society we should thrive on and I also believe that communication is important in every relationship that we have and you know Although our biggest relationship is the one with ourselves how we relate to others through connection and communication to me boils down to raw and real vulnerability because we have to lead with the heart in my opinion you know and when we lead from that space we can connect with people on an authentic genuine level so you know for me I witness many uh relationships are built on trauma ons rather than authentic values and you know most people they talk about the values but they're not even connected the values that are nice to have you know it's like oh that you know this thing here they don't embody and this is me not Turing anyone down it's just because as humans it's hard in this society that we live in it's fast-paced you know it's built on technology social media it's very distracting so people talk about values as are nice to have but not fully embodying those values and when we fully embody those values you know we we know that we're building relationships on values rather than trauma bonds so for me real and raw leadership is leading with vulnerability is leading with our values it's leading with you know embodiment rather other than the fake authenticity the fake vulnerability because then none of your relationships are real yeah yes oh my gosh I resonate so much with all of that and I just want to pick out there was one thing that you said there about leading with the fake values but not actually embodying them and I don't know about you guys but I can resonate so much much with that where in the past you know you say you know authenticity is important to me and of course we we we believe it is but there's that disconnect between believing it and like you say Sarah embodying it and that really is the bridge I I think yeah yeah that's 100% for me it's how I live me life it's how I choose to consistently live me life and you know sometimes we get it wrong because we're humans but it's it's about the you know the the attempting to to move towards that you know consistently and committing to that as well yes yes I love that so much commit to it no excuses just keep trying a lover okay let's dive into the big question are you ready yeah okay so Sarah today what are you willing to dare to share with us and before you dive in for you guys watching just so you know I never know what any of the guests or speakers are going to share with us I never give them any guidelines they can literally take us anywhere that they want to take us the only thing that I ask of them is that they make it a bit stretchy they push their own limits they get a little bit uncomfortable so that they go first and they show you the human behind the perception so Sarah over to you okay so for me and and and I watched a couple of your episodes by the way and the question around will I be sharing something live or something from the past and for me yeah I haven't even asked you that right let's check yes so which level of vulnerability are we going for this is real and raw leadership right I'm not going to edit this out I did one that so to be honest it's funny because and and I watched people saying well I'll share something live because that's more stretchy and I thought I'm happy to share something live but it's not a stretchy or something from the past oh okay let's do it let's do it so are we going are we going stretchy which is generally in the past but it's something that you've overcome right or we've got EXT dream which is the real time it's the things that you are navigating right now that you don't yet have the lesson from you're still kind of in the midst of it so although I've got the lesson I it's still it's still to me extreme stretchy because what I will say before I go into it is it's still left some visibility scaring that I am navigating today hey so even though I'm aware of the lesson and a see it it still doesn't mean you know the ego's not not wounded and I've still not got the trauma and I do somatic work I do trauma on it but it there still I'm still moving through parts of it that I can see me time you know today real time I love that yeah but even know it is the past I love that though because it's the past but like you say it's something that you're still navigating now as well so perfect please do dive in yeah well and it was actually 15 years ago so yeah Joe I can't believe it's so long myself and so so when I was was I was was it I was actually I was 28 yeah to 15 years ago when I was 28 when I was 27 first so 16 years ago I come out of a a really toxic abusive relationship and coming out of that toxic and abusive relationship kind of which I was in for like eight years there was um there's a lot of violence there was a Core case which went on and subsequently I had a breakdown so in that breakdown I was 28 when I had the breakdown and during that time it was the core case induced it was by there I was not getting supported in the workplace I my best friend died in bed just found just sudden death um so it was it was a lot to handle and when I went through that and at the time I was conscious you know I was on on a path of exploration of Consciousness which I have been you know for many years before that I was um training in various therapies so for me how it happened to me the the not seeing the signs not understand and how many nervous system was pushed to the edge and going through that breakdown it's actually shaped who I am today but it shaped my business it shaped everything think about why I wanted to become self-employed because you know some of the things that happened during that time you know were were pretty horrendous when I had the breakdown I was put on loads and loads of medication loads of medication and you know sleeping pills and you know anti-depressants and you know anything that you can imagine there was I was on maybe three four tablets a day just to keep me nervous system in check and to be able to go to work and I was a manager at the time and um you know corporate and I was not supported and back then we talk about vulnerability today I went with vulnerability and shared this is what's happening to me right now this is live this is what's happening and I entrusted in you know the a senior manager and actually used it against me to manage me out and it wasn't even just using against me to manage me out the they actually manipul ated the figures of uh interviews and things like that as well I found out um you know to to to get me out and it made me think about how you know how when we go through things how we are not suppored and that's still that's still quite a W for me today not just visibility but being supported and allowing support him because you become hyper dependent of you know I relied on this particular job to pay me wages to do whatever and you know and I was in loads of debt because me ex had left me in in debt he took everything from me and during that time something huge that I learned through going through that was about stepping into my power because I felt like a victim and I'm going to just say I was a victim in that to the to what happened so this is not you know me bypassing when you're in there but I was then in the energy of become of being a victim and being in the energy of being a victim I realized how my life spiral and how much I was losing from finances from situations and this utter chaos externally was just being created in my reality and it was the biggest moment for me I would say biggest turning point of me reclaiming my power and what that meant to me to reclaim my power and the the basis of my work today is empowering others and you know I do it through many forms but it's empowerment and I'm even careful with the language that I use you know to not say to someone this is this this is it this is the definit you know my way is the only way and all of this stuff that you see being pushed consistently and I absolutely don't resonate at all with any industry leaders that push a particular way and they push you with it and it's like I'm right you're wrong you know and that was born out of that experience but for me having that experience was powerful because it enabled me to to almost like when you're on your knees and you're you know you're in this mental breakdown and there's no support and and you know you're suicidal and you're being medicated you have to find a way and become independent and pull yourself out of it and you know maybe I can look back now and this is something I'm navigating recently and said I probably because I let more support in during that time you know so now I'm going to let more support in now and you know so I am still integrating lessons even it was a long time ago the lessons are still being integrated and the visibility piece comes from because you know me the threats that were coming from me ex was me wanting to hide me not not wanting to go out me not wanting to be seen you know out anywhere you know um get rid of me social media profiles because of because because of the threats so that then leaves a Las invisibility issue and you know I talk a lot about the witch wounds as well and persecution wounds and for me there's definitely past life threads but there's also this life threads too and you know again something I'm still integrating to become more visible in certain ways and I you know you will probably know I've started doing ads on my work which I've always you know and to be honest I've done incredible because I've I've built a um business to almost 50 countries organically through referal and you know and in a few years so for me it's like okay but what is it I was still hiding so I knew that I was there was a part of that was still hiding okay if it's come from referal it's come from a safe person it's coming from a safe space and I was cutting myself off from being found in me work and you know for me the souls assigned to work with us in this lifetime but we have to allow ourselves to be seeing for the souls to find you and vibrate with the frequency and hear you speak and say okay yeah that's the person I know meant to work with but I was cutting that off and it was coming through you know the universe Gods it was coming through all these angles of all other people were just refed and this is what's going to happen so either way you can't hide from your purpose and your mission but knowing okay this is why I didn't want to do pay dads and and you know fear of persecution and all these different things is because past life stuff but also this life and and that particular incident of you know it changed me life it made me a Shell of who I was previously and when I say a shell the the the joy the vibrancy the you know how I was at that time to then what I became for many years afterwards as well you know it was like I was a completely different person for a couple of years after that I was going out I was drinking a lot you know I was like it was it was it was you know going to different cities and drink and drinking a lot you know going out the way and things that I wouldn't normally do CU I wasn't even a big drinker prior to that so noticing my behaviors my patterns the fear that I instilled in me of constantly waiting to be attacked not wanting to be supported you know because it's like well if if I allow supportting then they could take it off me because he took everything from me and left me in debt you know so although it's a a big event for me it's echoed in many areas and although I felt like had dealt with it probably 13 years ago it feels like there's been an integration of lessons ever since yeah wow this is so powerful and I mean I don't know how much you know of my story but I resonate so much with a lot of it coming from an Abus relationship as well but for you guys watching I really urge you actually to watch this video again because what Sarah is saying and what's coming out for me the absolute most here is and you said it at the beginning this happened a long time ago you know in in the scheme of time and yet there are still triggers there are still lessons that are coming up now even when we you know kind of think we're healed and we think we're out the other side you're still going to have situations where you're actually hiding from those lessons and Sarah this is so so powerful thank you so much for sharing that and it really is it really is vulnerable it is the absolute mix of past and present and like you say stretchy and extreme because it's all one and the same with the story that you've shared because it happened in the past but the repercussions are still real it's like I created another life so like when I was in it and then when I got to um it was I think got to 29 I had a Quantum Leap where I thought this this needs to change and this is when I got really deep into my practices in terms of you know um intuition my spirituality my my magic work all of these things I got really deep into that and then I was like I need to Quantum Leap into an completely different timeline CU I can't be in this no more in death fearful victimhood you know drinking all these different things so I did and it was in a six week period and and I just Quantum leaped and I think a 6X me wage in in a you know I went self-employed I then become a corporate consultant and then traveled all over the country doing it you know living all over it was like I reinvented myself and stepped into the future version of who I wanted to be very powerful I'm literally right that down right now like I knew who I wanted to be and I was like there's a time because if I can see it there's a timeline that exists with me being that and embodying that so I am going to literally cultivate all the actions all the practices embodi the values to become that person and I did and again that you know although I've changed again cuz you know we're constantly you know in a state of evolution when I changed into that PIR at the time it was like wow I've broke three of the shackles and then the thing of it is I buried the past because I didn't want anyone to know that well now I'm this successful consultant well actually I had a mental breakdown I was on anti-depressant and I was um madej redundant in in my job because I was managed out you know and and you know people even on I was heing things like you know gossip things later of you know people um actually actually cruel things like speaking in the in the um the smoking sheds saying oh yeah we got rid of her you know she was she was nuts and things like that senior people in the business you know so when you go through things like that to me it's what it's done definitely part of my journey for the reason because what it's done has made me so empathetic so empathetic like my integrity and ethics are the underpin my entire business and you know it's it's the the work that I've done with people and you know how did I do it it's people over profit every day of the week every day of the week irrespective of you know whether we're signed in to work with someone or you know whether whether someone does something to even me to not match that energy like it doesn't matter whatever it is it's people over profit because I've been one of them people at the mercy of others yeah and how I was treated I believe made me the person I am today with the compassion and you know the desire to help others truly help others and also you know one of the things I do is become as a wealth Catalyst and and the reason I've done that is because I had to do that in my own Journey for me and experiencing what it feels like I have no money and to be in debt you know and to not eat not eat because you can't afford to eat or you know skiing meals because you can't afford to eat and moving back home you know to your parents it it's all of those things because I understand how that feels there's a desire to help people to earn money in a conscious ethical way but because it's our birth rate not because let's be greedy but because it's our be fright to enjoy life and to have more options and choices and freedom you know so it's definitely shaped my journey and obviously uh one of the biggest parts of me work is also facilitating the um the healing of blockages and Trauma within people because when you have your own trauma as you'll know you become on a j need to I need to understand more I need to figure more of this out whether it's mental emotional somatic you know all of the different aspects that i' I've trained and learned is because of my journey but then that enables me to help so many people so I I honor that experience I honor even the the souls that treated me in the way that they did because it's like okay you've just fueled my P purpose and passion a little bit more yes I love that alchemizing it into into your medicine into your purpose so powerful Sarah thank you so much for sharing all of that with us today can you please tell everyone I know you've touched on a few things but elaborate a little bit more about the magic that you do do with your people and tell everyone how they can come and get in your incredible world thank you so there's multiple options so some some of it is just the magic some of it is just you know but my magic is not just you know the the the lineage of the of the spellwork the atmology you know the all of that the esoteric there that's a part of it from past life work to multi-dimensional work all of those elements but there's there's an element of um doing that work and then there's an element of doing that work specifically for wealth and specifically for business because I was a business consultant for 10 years so I I have um a business and Sal Alchemy program because to me it goes hand in hand I've never had a business strategy that has worked for 10 different people yeah because because every one of those individuals got different needs so they need the inner that matches the strategy so for me the strategy is the cherry on top but the inner is the most important so I do programs that combine that I do programs that are just purely the magic the atmology but tapping people into the inner wisdom because one thing I lost in the past was listening to my intuition CU I was so disempowered in that relationship that having psychic abilities since a child then losing that because you're you know you being manipulated and controlled as you'll know you lose your inner voice so it's helping people tap into the inner mytic as well um and you know I I I run programs around all of those things so yeah and Al you can find is probably Instagram or Facebook so Sarah McBride on Facebook and Instagram is sahore the genius Alchemist because I'm known as The Genius Alchemist because I help alchemize people's inner Genie and you know I talk about the genius but it's really that that inner Genie where they can just go to the universe go to the inner universe that exists behind their eyes within them and requests from their inner Genie what they want and then allow that to come to you and literally Quantum leaping into new realities by doing that so powerful so beautiful all of those links will be in the show notes below so if you're listening and doing multiple things don't panic you can come come back click on those links go and get in Sarah's Incredible World why wouldn't you after listening to this D to share Sarah thank you so much for joining me for sharing your own real and raw leadership your vulnerability and for showcasing your human behind the perception thank you for joining me and for you guys I will see you all on the next day to share bye for now [Music]